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Summary: Hyde
Review: Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a disappointing, unstimulating, and over-graphic story. At times it was too pictorial and at others they will change things up and no one will say or revealed a thing to save some rich man's secrete background from coming to the light. The entire plot of the book is revealed in the first twenty pages. Everyone has heard parts of the book. People know Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same man. They know he drinks a potion and changes. They know one is good and the other is evil. Everything is known before you even read the book. I half way expected Hyde to be huge and beast-like similarly to the way he is seen in comic books and even movies. That part was disappointing. The fact that the book jumps from one perspective to the next and the story is simply retold from another point of view. It is simply not a good book. There is a lesson in this. If your wife tells you a book is bad and you burn the original chances are the second is going to stink just as bad.
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Summary: Alex is the man
Review: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. hyde is a story that is told in weird scenario. This is a book that is told in a collection of letters. the letters compile to make a great scary story for people of all ages. The fact that this story is told the way it is gives it a real life feeling. When I was reading it I felt like it was a real case that happened in the streets of London. The letters that are made make it seem like that the case happened because it gives the tail of many people from the story. Even though the story is well known around Europe and the US the ending is still classic. The fact that the story is ended in a letter is quite original on Stevenson's part. It probably would have been more of a thriller if I had known the ending. The ending is probably the most well known in literature history and that kind of stinks. This book will actually make you touch a little on you evil side.
By: Alex Cruce
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Summary: Dr. J. and Mr. H.
Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a great book. I thought it was strange that the author would kill Hyde/Jekyll off so early in the book, but he pulled it together nicely with the two narratives in the end. I also thought the wording in the book was very easy to understand, and it gave you a defiant sense of suspense throughout the book.
I did, however, feel that Hyde could have been more evil. I just always thought of Hyde as a horribly disfigured and large man. Therefore, when you see only two murders and a dwarf as the villain you are somewhat disappointed. Hollywood has played him up as a huge man , and that is one thing I realized by reading this novel. He is a small individual.
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Summary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Review
Review: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Review Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a thought provoking, entertaining novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. His intricate plot, themes, and use of symbolism make the novel fascinating to read. The concept is extremely mature and well developed. Also, Stevenson's unique point of view makes the novel even more interesting. The themes of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are important in the novel. The basic and rather obvious main theme is the duality between good and evil. The duality is manifested in two different ways: the respectable Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is a hypocritical doctor who has an evil deep in side of him that he desperately tries to get rid of throughout the novel. He transforms into Mr. Hyde hoping to reduce his aggressions and obsession with his evilness. This, however, proves to be fatal.
Stevenson's unique point of view reinforces the mystery of the novel. The main point of view is of Mr.Utterson. He is a quiet, respectable lawyer who is extremely observant to his surroundings. Through his point of view, we see things just as they appear to him, making the novel interesting to read. Towards the end of the novel, we are introduced to two different narrators, Mr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Lanyon, the doctor, makes the novel clear and describes, in more detail, the process that transformed Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde. The last chapter, narrated by Dr. Jekyll brings the novel together. Dr. Jekyll plainly describes how the soul is made of two separate distinctions: the good and the evil. Dr. Jekyll's experiments with good and evil turn out completely failed.
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